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Poplar 1918

Annual report for the year 1918 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow

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Table: TABLE IX.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Poplar.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year1918.

TABLE IX.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Poplar.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year1918.

Causes of Death (see page 28).Nett Deaths in whole Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-District (at all ages) belonging thereto.Nett Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Bow InstitutionBromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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All causesCertified115612883915883181245287152461623512217543
Uncertified1.....................1..................11
1Enteric Fever1............1...........................11
2Small Pox..............................1..................
3Measles35713123..............................23
4Scarlet Fever...................................................
5Whooping Cough35911132...............13............316
6Diphtheria and Croup82321........................2...57
7Influenza175311101825533718128......1...1949
8Erysipelas...................................................
9Phthisis (Pulmonary Thberculosis)11213132444306...231...1*13864
10Tuberculous Meningitis152361..................3...58

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* River Thames, Poplar, 1. ‡Highway, Poplar, 1.§Brorley Sub-District, 1; Millwall Dock, Poplar. 1. **River Thames, Poplar, 2 ;
East India Docks, Poplar, 1; West India Docks, Poplar, 1; Bow Creek, Poplar, 1; Limehonse Cut Poplar, 1; River Lee, Bromley, 1.
††Bow Creok, Poplar 1.

Table: Table IX.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.Sub-District of Poplar.Causes of and ages at, Death during the year 1918.

Table IX.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

Sub-District of Poplar.

Causes of and ages at, Death during the year 1918.

Causes of Death (see page 28).Nett Death in whole Sub-DistrictNett Death in public Institution and certain Localities within and outside Sub-District (at all ages) belonging thereto.Nett Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c
All Ages.Under 1.1 and Under 2.2 and Under 5.5 and Under 15.15 and Under 25.25 and Under 45.45 and Under 65.65 and Upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.see Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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All CausesCertified115612883915883181245287152461623512217543
Uncertified1.....................1..................11
1Enteric Fever1............1...........................11
2Small Pox...................................................
3Measles35713123...............1............2...
4Scarlet Fever...................................................
5Whooping Cough35911132...............13............316
6Diphtheria and Croup82321........................2...57
7Influenza175311101825533718128......1...1949
8Erysipelas...................................................
9Phthisis(Pulmonary Tuberculosis)11213132444306...231...1*13864
10Tuberculous Meningitis1523631.....................3...58
11Other Tuberculous Diseases13...43132.........2............68
12Cancer, malignant disease47...............12917...121.........922
13Rheumatic Fever1.........1..............................11
14Meningitis3......111.........1...1.........1
15Organic Heart Disease98.........45163142...30711‡l1454
16Bronchitis8758l......428418273.........240
17Pneumonia (all forms)1502322261272622123111...7§22347
18Other diseases of respiratory organs81.........1123...41............5
19Diarrhoea and Enteritis211623..................1............1011
20Appendicitis and Typhlitis1............1............1...............1
21Cirrhosis of Liver3..................21.........1.........1
21aAlcoholism...................................................
22Nephritis and Bright's Disease13............1255...31.........48
23Puerperal Fever1...............1........................11
24Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition2............11........................22
25Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth413713..................4............610
26Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide589...7647169110......16**7943
27Suicide4............112...............1†† 1...2
28Other Defined Diseases22312233722401341751...3...58138
29Diseases ill-defined or unknown21...............1......1...............1
Total Deaths115712883915883181245288152461623512218544
Sub-Entries (included in above figures).
14Cerebro-spinal Meningitis1............1.................................
28aPoliomyelitis211..........................................
17Pneumonia7132107101616747......2...1023
28Dysentery5...............32.....................33